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The examined stool samples most frequently contained vacuolar forms of <jats:italic>B. hominis<\/jats:italic> (15.3%) and cysts of <jats:italic>Entamoeba coli<\/jats:italic> (1.0%) or <jats:italic>Giardia lamblia<\/jats:italic> (0.7%). In 97.1% of stool samples from infected soldiers, we observed less than five developmental forms of <jats:italic>B. hominis<\/jats:italic> in the field of view (40\u00d7). The parasite infections in soldiers were diagnosed in the autumn and the spring. There was no statistical correlation between age and <jats:italic>B. hominis<\/jats:italic> infection. 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